Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Morehouse
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for "Washington county; James J. Dick, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff filed a petition in the circuit court for said county, stating, in substance, that it is a railway corporation entitled to the benefit of the statutes of this state for the acquirement by such corporations of real estate necessary for their use, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain; and further stating all the facts required by law to entitle it to take certain…
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for "Washington county; James J. Dick, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff filed a petition in the circuit court for said county, stating, in substance, that it is a railway corporation entitled to the benefit of the statutes of this state for the acquirement by such corporations of real estate necessary for their use, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain; and further stating all the facts required by law to entitle it to take certain real estate described and to have commissioners appointed to appraise the same and -determine the compensation to be…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
Sec. 1831a, Stats. 1898, provides that, “ every railway company existing in whole or in part under any law of this state and operating a railway therein may build, maintain and operate branches and spur tracks from its road or any branch thereof to and upon the grounds of any mill, elevator, storehouse, warehouse, dock, wharf, pier, manufacturing establishment, lumber yard, coal dock or other industry or enterprise .... ; and may acquire by purchase or condemnation, in the manner provided in this chapter for the acquisition of real estate for railway *6purposes, other than for its main track,…
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